Stanley Fischer

Stanley Fischer (; October 15, 1943 – May 31, 2025) was an Israeli-American economist. He was the 20th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fisher was the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013. He is a citizen of both Israel and the United States.Stanley Fischer firms as top choice to become US Fed vice, The Sydney Morning Herald, via Bloomberg News, December 12, 2013.  

He was First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and Chief Economist of the World Bank. 

On January 10, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Fischer to be Vice-Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors. 

On September 6, 2017, Stanley Fischer announced that he was resigning as Vice-Chairman for personal reasons on October 13, 2017. 

Fischer died on May 31, 2025 at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 81.

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